Multicolored paper cord



May 3 1933. w. E. SACKNER MULTICOLORED APER com) Filed May 18 1931 k n //y/////// lNVENTOR WG c knr ATTORNEY? Patented May '30, 1933 UNITED STATES ,PATENT OFFICE WADE E; SACKNER, OF GBAN D RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO GRAND BAPIDS FIBRE CORI) COMPANY, OF GRAND' RAPIDS, MICHIGAN i mULTIcoLoREn PAPER com) Application filed May 18,

strip from which my improved cord is made.

Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view showing the method of folding the same longitud nally:

Fig. 3 is a detail view of a length ofcard after it is twisted and finished. j

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail end View showing the disposition of the paper strip in the spun or twisted cord. A

The parts will be identified-by their numerals of reference.

lis the paper strip, preferably of straw color, on which I distribute, by means described in a concurrent patent application, Ser. No. 536,488, filed May 11, 1931,-which hasresulted in Pat. No. 1,886,428, a comparatively strong yellow stain at 2 separated into stripes to expose the straw colored paper to some extent, and a green stain 3 also disposed in a pair of stripes towards the opposite margin of the paper strip. The paper' strip here'used is the product of-the machine shown in said concurrent application.- The olored stripes 2 and 3, as shown, are put on alternately by the felts of that machine as they 'strike the paper strip that is advanced at na constant rate of speed over the revolving felts. The result is that each felt applies to the paper strip a series of spaced longitudinal colored stripes, such as 2, while the next "succeeding felt places a series of different colored .longitudnal strips spaced from one another and occurring on the paper between' the strips of the first mentioned i series of stripes'. The stripes of each series are substantially equal in length. This. is done to simulate 'the appearance 'of the rush bottom of a* chair or other piece of furniture when the cord is completed. In manufacturing with rushes, the weaver would select the 1931. Serial No. 538,()73.

rushes of different colors to produce the desired efi'ect of mingled colors in the chair seat. With automatically produced paper cord, it is necessary that the color be supplied to somewhat simulate the result obtained by the hand weaver, and it is necessary to supply the paper strip with comparatively evenly spaced stripes of color so that in the finished work, several stripes of one color will not lie side by side which would get away fromthe variegated efi`ect desired in the seat. The elts of the machine described in my co-pending application run at constantspeed so that ths spacing and length of stripes is uniform.

The stripes separate at the ends as shownin Fig. 1 so that when the cord is twisted, it

givesvthe effect of two `colored rushes twisted i together. ;This is a very important item in simulating the natural seat and has been ims portant in making possible the use of pa er .cord rather than the original rushes.- e paper strip is cut three and five-sixteenths inches wide and is what is known as fi fty pound basis paper. This is spun through a die six-thirty-seconds of an in'ch in diameter. 7

The cord is twisted about Seven turns to the foot an'd, while the cord -thus-has a round appearanoe, it is so twisted that it may be compressed nearly half the diameter at the turns around the seat frame when used for a chair bottom. This 'is necessary to make the properspacing when using the co'd in the making of chair bottoms in which the cords -are "woven around a frame and cross-one another in the process of weaving in such a way that unless the cord could be compressed to half its diameter, there would b'e gaps between the cords.

The paper strip, which is-of 'a quality and texture for the purpose, is folded upon itself' ;longitudinally as' it is spun into the cord with the long loose twist specified. The doubled edge of the paper gives strength and 'integrity to the cord and permits the long I am aware that paper cord has been twisted and made use of for this purpose prior to my present invention. I therefore desire to state that I wish to claim specifically the particular cord that I have here illustrated.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. An article of 'manufacture for use in making initation rush furniture comprising a cord made up of a strip of paper having thereon a set of substantially equal length longitudinal stripes of one color at spaced regular intervals and having thereon a second set of substantially equal length longitudinal stripes 'of another color at spaced regular intervals, and having the stripes of one color disposed between the strips of the other color, said strip being twisted to form a cord with a comparatively loose twist of about seven turns to the foot,

the finished round cord being capable of compression to about one-half its diameter.

2. An article of manufacture for use in making imitation rush furniture comprising a cord made up of a strip of paper having thereon a set of longitudinal strips of one color at spaced ntervals and having thereon a second set of longitudinal strips of another color at spaced inter-Vals, and having .the stripes of one color disposed between the stripes of the other color, said strip beingtwisted to form a cord with a comparatively loose twist of about seven turns to the foot,' ,the finished round cord being capable ti ofbcompression to about one-half its diameter.

I In witness whereof I have hereunto set my WADE E. SACKNER.

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